The IBM 4546 Infoprint 1612 and 1622 Express are replacements for the Infoprint 1512 workgroup printer. These monochrome laser printers offer faster printing of up to 35 pages per minute (PPM)(1) letter size, up to 33 PPM(1) A4 size. Both printers are designed to deliver the functions needed to support small businesses and small workgroups. While the Infoprint 1612 is IBM's lower cost printer, the Infoprint 1622 comes with a faster processor and more memory.

The time to first print is as fast as 6.5 seconds for the Infoprint 1612 and 7.0 seconds for the Infoprint 1622

Description

The Infoprint 1612 and 1622 Express printers offer flexible networking options including wireless. With wireless capability, you can relocate printers quickly and easily without the cost and delay associated with physical cabling.

Infoprint 1612 and 1622 Express are monochrome printers that support Letter-size media at up to 35 pages per minute (ppm) and A4-size media at up to 33 ppm. The time to first print is as fast as 6.5 seconds for the Infoprint 1612 and 7.0 seconds for the Infoprint 1622. The printers come in the following models:

All models come with duplex, one 250-sheet drawer, and a single sheet multipurpose tray standard. One 550-sheet optional drawer is supported for a total input capacity of 801 sheets. Output capacity for all models is 150 sheet top or 1 sheet rear.

Memory

All models have one slot for additional SDRAM memory. Memory options for the Infoprint 1612 include 32 MB, 64 MB, and 128 MB for a maximum of 160 MB of memory. Memory options for the Infoprint 1622 include 32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB for a maximum of 320 MB of memory. The Infoprint 1612 has one slot for flash memory with a 32 MB flash memory option supported. The Infoprint 1622 has one slot for flash memory and one slot for an application solution feature.

Network connections

All models come with 10/100BaseTX Ethernet as standard. Ethernet connections using external print servers and wireless Ethernet are also available.

Usage rates

The maximum monthly usage for the Infoprint 1612 is 80,000 impressions and for the Infoprint 1622 is 80,000 impressions. IBM does not recommend printing to the monthly maximum on a consistent basis.

Print quality

The resolutions of the printers are:

1200 x 1200 dpi (at half rated speed)

1200 Image Quality

2400 Image Quality

600 x 600 dpi

The Image Quality (IQ) enhancement, whether 1200 or 2400, is a special print mode designed to vary the intensity of each individual printed dot by manipulating its size to produce the appearance of greater print resolution within the limitation of a set number of dots per inch (dpi).

The Toner Darkness setting offers 10 user-selectable settings to balance print darkness and toner savings. The higher the setting, the darker the print. Within the range of print darkness settings, up to 50% toner savings can be realized. The factory default setting is 8. The Toner Darkness setting is accessible in the print driver.

Note: (1) These five additional fonts are OCR-A, OCR-B, and 3 Code 3 of 9 barcode fonts with different aspect ratios. These fonts are only available with PCL 5.

The fonts in the PCL emulation are compatible with the fonts in the HP LaserJet 1320 and include nine additional fonts and many extra symbol sets to support extra languages and applications. The fonts in the PostScript emulation are compatible with 69 of the 136 fonts in Adobe PostScript 3 and include 20 additional fonts.

Note:Time to first print is defined to be the time from the moment when the host sends the print signal until the moment the trailing edge of the first page leaves the exit feed rollers. TTFP is measured using a simple text correspondence page and letter-sized, plain paper. Assume nominal input voltage and approximately 23 deg C ambient temperature.

Print Area

The Infoprint 1612and 1622 printable area is limited to within 4.0 mm (0.158 in.) of top, bottom, left or right edges of the media. Print quality is not guaranteed for information placed this specified printable area.

Media Support

The printer comes standard with one 250-sheet paper drawer and a single sheet multi-purpose feeder (MPF). A 150-sheet (top) output bin is standard. A single sheet (rear) output is standard. See table below for standard and maximum media capacities (capacities are for 20 pound print material unless otherwise noted).

Preprinted forms and letterheads should be selected using guidelines found in the printer User's Guide. The chemical process used in preprinting may render some papers unsuitable for use with these printers.

Envelopes with exposed flap adhesive when the flap is in the closed position.

For best results, printing on new 75 g/m2 (20 lb.) sulfite or 25% cotton bond envelopes is recommended.

Under high humidity conditions (over 60%), envelopes may seal during printing.

Transparencies

Use letter or A4-size sheets only.

Transparencies specifically designed for xerographic copy machines or laser printers may be used with the Infoprint 1612 and 1622.

Labels

Labels should be selected using guidelines found in the User's Reference, Complete Printer Reference, or the Cardstock and Label, and tested for acceptability. VINYL AND POLYESTER LABELS ARE NOT SUPPORTED. Occasional paper labels printing only.

Certifications

The Infoprint 1612 and 1622 printers comply with the global safety standard for Information Technology Equipment, IEC 60950, and its country equivalents in the markets we serve. The following sections highlight the approvals and certifications that printer is expected to receive.

U.S. FDA, CDRH registration per 21 CFR Chapter 1, Subchapter J, Section 1040 Certification will be for a Class I laser product

Energy Star Compliant

Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1, Information Technology Equipment @ Safety @ Part 1: General Requirements, including deviations D1 and D2 (note: this and the UL standard are a single @bi-national@ document, published jointly with UL).

Local Printer Settings Utility (provided on Drivers and Utilities CD for the Infoprint 1612 and 1622)

The Local Printer Settings Utility allows endusers to select and save various user default settings for your printer. These settings remain in effect for all print jobs until either changed by the Setup Utility or overridden by the printer driver.

MarkVision Professional

www.markvisionprofessional.com

MarkVision Professional is a cross-platform print management solution that enables IT administrators to proactively monitor and manage network devices in an enterprise environment. MarkVision Professional provides IT administrators with real-time device status and information, centralized device setup, remote printer monitoring and management, and asset management capabilities, all from a single utility.

MarkVision Professional is designed and optimized for IT administrators responsible for supporting hundreds of network printers.

Note: The printer must be network-attached to be managed with MarkVision Professional. Reference Network Connectivity Section for MarkVision Professional support level.

MarkVision Messenger

www.markvisionprofessional.com

MarkVision Messenger provides real-time notification of printer conditions via e-mail, paging or other applications and facilitates automated responses to these conditions before they become critical and disruptive to user productivity. MarkVision Messenger enhances administrators' quality for service and improves end-user productivity and satisfaction.

Tivoli Integration

www.markvisionprofessional.com

IBM's integration into the Tivoli Enterprise Console allows for easy network printer status recognition and provides convenient management for network administrators. This integration is done using a custom event adapter that is compatible with Tivoli's event management console. This event adapter lets administrators use the Tivoli event console to monitor printer events across a range of devices in real time. In order for Tivoli to display printer events, you must first setup the Tivoli event adapter by creating an action in MarkVision Messenger.

The Script Install utility provides a very powerful method to install or uninstall printer software in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 environments. Through the use of the Script Install utility, System Administrators can easily perform mass rollouts of IBM printers by creating custom scripts to perform local or remote printer software installations on end user workstations. When combined with the Driver Profiler utility, I/T shops can centrally create and deploy custom printing environments for each remote location. Together, these utilities drastically reduce the time required to install printer software in a distributed environment.

IBM Printing Solution for Novell systems

Available via download from:

ibm.com

The NPDS Printing Solution for Novell systems offers administrators more control over IBM printers. This all-inclusive package provides support for both NDPS and iPrint printing systems on NetWare 5.1, 6.0, 6.5 and NOES for NetWare servers. The package consists of Novell's NDPS gateway coupled with IBM's custom control snap-ins for both NetWare Administrator (NWAdmin) and iManager. By offering custom support for both NetWare Administrator and iManager management utilities, this offering allows administrators to take full control of IBM printers in a Novell printing environment.

Note: 3. All measurements made in conformance with ISO 7779 and declared in conformance with ISO 9296.

Software Requirements

Host Software

Windows Custom Drivers

Note: Available via CD.

To maximize the user experience, IBM offers custom PCL emulation and PostScript drivers for Windows systems. Custom drivers for Windows provide the most comprehensive set of printing features available for IBM products. Offering an easy-to-use interface and time saving preset features, the IBM custom drivers allow users to access popular printer features intuitively.

Windows System Drivers

Note: Available via download from IBM.com.

System drivers for Windows provide users with basic printing capabilities for their IBM printers. Built on Microsoft technology, system drivers mix key IBM printer capabilities with Microsoft's rendering engine to provide a solid, no-frills driver. IBM system drivers are available in PCL emulation and PostScript versions.

IBM Printer Drivers for UNIX and Linux systems

IBM printer drivers reduce the complications of printing in UNIX and Linux environments. The IBM printer drivers provide fully scriptable command-line options. When running in X-windows mode, IBM printer drivers make it easy to access many popular printer features without memorizing command line options through a GUI interface.

Printer Settings allows the user to see, select, and save various default settings for the printer. These settings remain in effect until changed by Printer Settings or overridden by the printer driver.

IBM Printer File Loader for Macintosh

Note: Available via download from ibm.com

Printer File Loader allows the user to send PostScript, NPA, UCF, and raw files to the printer over AppleTalk, TCP/IP, or USB.

IBM Printer Status for Macintosh

Note: Available via download from ibm.com

Printer status allows the user to check the current status of a selected printer. It will show the level of consumables and any other messages for the selected printer.

Printer Certifications by Software Vendors

Microsoft Windows Certification

The Infoprint 1612/1622 printer includes Microsoft Certified and digitally signed printer drivers. The driver certification indicates a high level of compatibility between the Windows operating system and the IBM printer. Printer drivers for these products have received certification under the following operating systems:

MarkVision support for these printers will be provided by MarkVision Professional version 11.0 and a device support plug-in. Previous versions of MarkVision will not be upgraded to support these devices. Note that, as always, MarkVision support is limited to devices which are network connected; see "Network Capabilities", below, for specific MarkVision Professional capabilities for each of these printers.

You may refer to the chart below for operating systems supported by MarkVision Professional. (Please always consult the latest version of the MarkVision Professional User's Guide for exact hardware/software requirements.) MarkVision Professional, as well as and the device support plug-in needed for these printers, will be available from:

www.markvisionprofessional.com.

Supported Operating Systems (MarkVision Professional 11.0)

Windows

Windows 98/SE/Me (client only)

Windows NT 4.0 (SP 4) Windows 2000

Windows 2000

Windows XP (base release or SP2)

Windows 2003 Server (base release or SP1)

Macintosh

OS X 10.2.8

Novell

Novell 6.0, 6.5 (server only)

Unix

IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

HP-UX 11.0, 11i

Sun Solaris SPARC 8, 9, 10

Linux

SuSE Linux Enterprise 9

Red Hat Enterprise 3.0 WS

Software

Printer drivers are provided on the Drivers, MarkVision, and Utilities CD that is packaged with the printer. See Publications section for details.

The Windows software applications, which operate in the operating systems listed above, are best suited to run with the drivers supplied with the printer. These drivers for Windows take advantage of your printer functions and increase the printer performance wherever possible.

Operating Systems

Infoprint 1612 and 1622 is compatible with applications running under the following operating systems for either local or network connections:

Printer Features

There is no MFP option for Infoprint 1612 and 1622.

A dust cover is included with the standard printer configuration (for low volt N. America only) to place over the legal paper extender at the rear of the machine to protect it. The dust cover is not available separately.

All printer features are customer installable.

Input, Output and Other Media Features

The Infoprint 1612 and 1622 media features include:

(PN 39V1672) 550-Sheet Drawer

Minimum required = 0, maximum required = 1

Prerequisite =none, Co-requisite = none

This additional drawer fits under the standard drawer and increases the printer's input capacity by 550 sheets.

(PN 39V2112) 250-Sheet Drawer with Tray

Minimum required = 0, maximum required = 1

Prerequisite =none, Co-requisite = none

This additional drawer fits under the standard drawer and increases the printer's input capacity by 250 sheets.

Memory and Flash Memory Features

The Infoprint 1612 and 1622 has one slot for memory DIMMs and one slot for the flash memory card.

The memory features include the following SDRAM features:

(P/N 39V0963) 32 MB Memory DIMM

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

(P/N 39V0964) 64 MB Memory DIMM

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

(P/N 39V0965) 128 MB Memory DIMM

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

(P/N 39V1673) 256 MB Memory DIMM

This feature is for the Infoprint 1622 only.

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

The flash memory features include:

(P/N 75P6989) 32 MB Flash Card

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

Application Solution features (Infoprint 1622 only)

This feature plugs into the one application solution slot.

(PN 39V1674) Bar Code Card

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This feature is installed in the flash memory/applications solutions slots.

Cable Features

(P/N 75P7029) 10 Ft. Parallel Cable

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = no maximum

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This IEEE 1284 cable allows the user to connect one laser printer to one host machine (or external print server). The cable is 10 feet in length and provides a DB-25 pin connector for the host and a 36-pin Centronics connector for the printer.

(P/N 75P7030) 2-meter USB Cable

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = no maximum

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This 2 meter USB cable allows the user to connect one laser printer to one host machine (or external print server). The cable provides a USB "A" connector for the host machine and a USB "B" connector for the printer.

USB Support

The Infoprint 1612 and 1622 can be attached using a USB cable between the host and printer when using the following operating systems:

Apple Macintosh with built in USB and OS 9 or higher, or Max OS X 10.2 or higher

Red Hat Linux and SuSE Linux

All desktop operating systems and server operating systems that offer full USB printing support

Network Connection Features

The Infoprint 1612 and 1622 comes standard with a 10/100BaseTX Ethernet included. The printer also supports external network features.

Network Cards for External Print Servers Features

These features are external standalone boxes that connect to the printer's parallel or serial ports. Network models require the Parallel 1284-B Interface Card. The following features provide external network connections:

(P/N 39V1524) Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX (1 USB port)

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This external print server has a USB port to connect to an Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX/1000BaseTX network.

(P/N 39V1525) Ethernet 1000BaseTX (4 USB port)

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This external print server has four USB ports to connect to an Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX network.

(P/N 39V1526) Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX (1 parallel port)

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This external print server has a parallel port to connect to an Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX network.

(P/N varies by country) 802.11G Wireless To Ethernet

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite =none

This feature allows the printer to be connected directly to a wireless LAN using the IEEE 802.11g wireless standard. This standard operates at speeds of up to 54 megabits per second (Mbps). The range of this wireless adapter depends on the environment, whether used indoors or outdoors and building construction. Typical indoor ranges are 20-50 meters and outdoor ranges are 100-200 meters. Performance will degrade with distance. The wireless LAN feature is compliant with any WiFi-compliant device.

The feature is an external adapter that connects to the ethernet port on the printer. The ethernet port can be the standard port that comes on any network model, or an internal ethernet or external print server port. This feature includes a cable that plus into the Ethernet port.

(P/N varies by country) 802.11G Wireless To USB

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite =none

This feature allows the printer to be connected directly to a wireless LAN using the IEEE 802.11g wireless standard. This standard operates at speeds of up to 54 megabits per second (Mbps). The range of this wireless adapter depends on the environment, whether used indoors or outdoors and building construction. Typical indoor ranges are 20-50 meters and outdoor ranges are 100-200 meters. Performance will degrade with distance. The wireless LAN feature is compliant with any WiFi-compliant device.

Supplemental Media

None.

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